how can i change my password to a shorter one?

question

i already tried through the settings app, "password needs to be longer".
what if i want a shorter password? i don't NEED a password, i could just disable it. so why add a minimum digit limit to passwords?

Solution

i just followed this https://askubuntu.com/questions/57620/getting-an-authentication-token-manipulation-error-when-trying-to-change-my-us

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Getting an "Authentication token manipulation" error when trying to...

I am logging in to my Ubuntu Server using my username. Once I am logged in I am typing passwd command. Entering a new password but a second after getting following error messages:

passwd: Authenti...